CHENNAI: TVK chief C Joseph Vijay will be sworn in as Tamil Nadu chief minister on Sunday. Along with him, his core team comprising nine TVK MLAs and two Congress MLAs is expected to be sworn in as Tamil Nadu cabinet ministers. The ceremony will be held at 10am at Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium in…
CHENNAI: DMK president M K Stalin on Saturday said his priority after the fractured assembly verdict was to ensure a stable govt and avoid re-election in Tamil Nadu.In a post on X, Stalin said several political alternatives were discussed after the verdict, but it was decided that stability was more important than political manoeuvring.“There should…
Chennai: Election Commission of India (ECI) has published the index cards and statistical reports for the general elections to the legislative assemblies and bye-elections 2026, which concluded on May 6.The index cards contain data such as candidates, electors, votes polled, votes counted, party-wise and candidate-wise votes polled. They can be accessed from the ECINET App…
Chennai: Residents in several neighbourhoods woke up to power supply interruptions on Saturday morning as strong winds and mild showers in parts of the city affected the distribution network. No large-scale outages were reported, but residents flagged power cuts in areas such as Perambur, Kilpauk and Nanganallur in the city, and in suburbs on the…
Cleared – maniChennai: A 28-year-old man was arrested by Peerkankaranai police for abducting his ex-girlfriend at knifepoint from Perungalathur in a taxi. The woman was rescued after the alert taxi driver raised an alarm when he notice police personnel on road near the Maduravoyal toll plaza.Police said the 22-year-old woman from New Perungalathur worked at…
Cleared – maniChennai: A 31-year-old IT employee from Tiruchi was arrested by Egmore police for making obscene gestures and repeated WhatsApp video calls to a married woman in Chennai.Police identified the accused as Manikandan, who was working at an IT company in Mandeveli. The 27-year-old complainant, a native of Thiruvarur district, is married and has…
CHENNAI: There is fresh turmoil in AIADMK with a major revolt brewing against party general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami following the party’s string of electoral setbacks. Former minister C Ve Shanmugam is leading the rebellion backed by 36 newly elected MLAs, bringing the simmering rift within the party into the open. The dissident camp accused…
Chennai: Madras HC has directed the Union home ministry to consider granting an emergency visa to a Sri Lankan national to enter India to take care of his 72-year-old mother, a Sri Lankan Tamil residing in India for several decades as an Overseas Citizen of India (OCI).Justice M Dhandapani issued the interim directions, on a…
Chennai: Schools in Chennai district, cutting across categories, have marginally improved their performance in the 2025-26 academic year. Data shared by the chief education office showed that schools run by the education department recorded a 89.94 pass percentage for 2025-26, with 7,771 of 8,649 students passing the exam — a jump from 87.43% recorded in…
CHENNAI: Former DMK minister K R Periyakaruppan has moved the Madras high court seeking to restrain TVK’s Srinivasa Sethupathi, who won from the Tiruppathur constituency by one vote, from taking oath as an MLA. A vacation bench headed by Justice L Victoria Gowri is scheduled to hear the plea in a special sitting on Sunday….
